Graduate Fellowships, Scholarships & Financial Aid

TU offers numerous financial awards and assistance options to help keep your education affordable and accessible.  

Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship

The purpose of the Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship is to recognize, encourage and reward graduate students who demonstrate the highest levels of academic and personal achievement and have the potential to become active alumni who will support Towson University and contribute to their communities.

Applications for the Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship must be submitted by January 5. One scholarship for $1,000 will be awarded annually. Contact the TU Alumni Association for more information about the award or start your application

Terminal Degree Fellowships 

The Terminal Degree Fellowship program is designed to cultivate excellence and diversity among graduate students at Towson University. Awards are made on the basis of academic merit and/or depth of professional experience. For detailed information about this award, please contact the Graduate Dean’s Office, 410-704-2078. See Related Links for guidelines, application procedure, and evaluation rubric.

Applications for Terminal Degree Fellowships must be submitted by the fourth Friday in March. Learn more

Scholarship Seeker

Use the Scholarship Seeker to search for Towson University departmental scholarships, TU Foundation scholarships and Maryland State Scholarships offered to Maryland residents by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC). Search for scholarships.

External Graduate Scholarships

Numerous businesses, organizations and foundations offer scholarships to students pursuing graduate study. If you’re interested in applying for an external scholarship, here are some places to start.

Discipline-Based Scholarships

Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance 

National Association of Black Accountants

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Minorities in Cancer Research (American Association for Cancer Research)

National Black Nurses Association

African Studies Association

Alliance for Women in Media

American Council of Learned Societies

American Anthropological Association

American Historical Association

American Political Science Association

American Psychological Association

Association for Asian Studies

Baltimore Hebrew Institute

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

International Neuropsychological Society

Middle Eastern Studies Association

Psychonomic Society

Race, Ethnicity and Politics of the APSA

Society for Psychophysiological Research

 Association of International Education Administrators

Federal Student Aid

 American Council of Learned Societies 

College Art Association

Journalism Education Association

National Association of Black Journalists

The Association for Women in Communications

The Association of LBGTQ Journalists

Women’s Caucus for Art

 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc

American Chemical Society

American Indian Science and Engineering Society

  • AISES A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
  • Chevron Corporation Scholarship
  • Intel Growing the Legacy Scholarship Program

American Physical Society (APS)

  • Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships
  • A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
  • Hispanic Scholarship Fund
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Educational Advancement Foundation Scholarship
  • Allan F. Henry/Paul A. Greebler Scholarship
  • AFCEA Ralph W. Shrader Scholarships
  • Acoustical Society of America (ASA) — Graduate Fellowship for Minorities
  • AIGC Fellowship for Native American Graduate Students
  • Association for Women in Science (AWIS) — Education Foundation Graduate Fellowships
  • Bell Lab-Lucent Technologies Cooperative Research Fellowship Program for Minorities
  • Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship
  • IBM Graduate Fellowships
  • Frannie & John Hertz Foundation — Fellowship Program in Applied Physical Science
  • NASA — Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP)

  • National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) — Graduate Fellowships for Minorities and Women in Physical Sciences
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Advanced Industrial Materials Fellowship
  • Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program of the University Research Initiative (URI)
  • UNCF Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships
  • AFCEA Postgraduate Ph.D. Fellowships
  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Fellowships
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program
  • The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program

American Society for Cell Biology

American Society of Engineering Education

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Department of Energy

Environmental Protection Agency

Materials Research Society

National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education

National Association of Black Accountants

National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science

National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientist and Technical Professionals

National Physical Science Consortium

National Science Foundation

  • CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS)
  • East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
  • Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP
  • Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW)
  • Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

  • Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)
  • Graduate fellowships in Sustainability Science
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Graduate Fellowships
  • The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
  • SIAM/AAAS Mass Media
  • University-Industry Cooperative Research Programs in the Mathematical Sciences (UICRP)

Women Telemakers

 American College Personnel Association

Census Bureau

Ford Foundation Fellowship Program

Grants for Graduate Students

Demographic-Based Scholarships

A National Latina Organization (MANA) 

American Anthropological Association 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc.

American Indian College Fund

American Indian Science and Engineering Society

  • AISES A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
  • Chevron Corporation Scholarship
  • Intel Growing the Legacy Scholarship Program

American Political Science Association

American Physical Society (APS) 

  • A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
  • Hispanic Scholarship Fund
  • Acoustical Society of America (ASA) — Graduate Fellowship for Minorities
  • AIGC Fellowship for Native American Graduate Students
  • Bell Lab-Lucent Technologies Cooperative Research Fellowship Program for Minorities
  • Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship
  • National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Graduate Fellowships for Minorities and Women in Physical Sciences
  • UNCF Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships

Eastern Association of College and Employers

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association of Black Journalists

  • Acel Moore Scholarship for Community Journalism
  • Allison E. Fisher Scholarship
  • Carole Simpson Scholarship
  • Larry Whiteside Scholarship
  • Les Payne Founder’s Scholarship
  • NABJ Scholarship
  • Region III Scholarship
  • Visual Task Force Scholarship

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

  • NAHJ General Scholarships

National Black Nurses Association

National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science

 

National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientist and Technical Professionals

The Association of LBGTQ Journalists

Financial Aid

TU offers a wide variety of aid programs from several different sources. Explore all available aid programs for graudate students at TU. Explore your options and apply for financial aid at TU.